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Patented Oct. 13, 1896.

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ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CALVIN F. DARNELL, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

FENCE.

. SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 569,276, dated October13, 1896.

Application filed January 13, 1896. Serial No. 575,282. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CALVIN F. DARNELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented new and useful Improvements in Fences, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Myinvention relates to certain new and useful improvements in wirefences; and it 0011- sists in a peculiar arrangement of thelongitudinally-extending wires, hereinafter more fully set forth.

The object of my invention is to arrange the longitudinally-extendingwires to cross in parallel rows to form a reticulated inclosure orfence, and to so arrange and connect and support each of the wires toindependently expand or contract and maintain a uniform tensionthroughout their entire length; also, to arrange a series ofintermediate pickets between each of the points of the crossing of thewires or between each of the alternate vertical rows or interstices ormeshes to secure the parallelism of the wires and the symmetry of themeshes or interstices. I attain these objects by means of the wire fenceillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which similar numbers ofreference designate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the fence, showing the arrangement of thewires and the pickets thereof. Fig. 2 is detail broken enlarged views ofa picket or post, showing the manner of stringing the wirestherethrough; and Fig. 3 is detail views of a similar picket or post,showing the button-wire supportingcatch.

I first construct the outer or end post 1 preferably of iron pipe andfirmly secure the same vertically in the ground in any suitable manner.This post I provide with a. series of clamping-clips 2, which I arrangeat equal vertical distances apart along said post, and to which latterthe clips are clamped and secured by their clamping-bolts 3. I nextconstruct the intermediate or supportingposts 4 which are also firmlysecured vertically in the ground, and in which are drilled a number ofholes arranged in vertical rows and in pairs, (see Fig. 2,) and throughwhich the longitudinally-extending wires are passed and loosely fit.

The pickets 5 are arranged between the end post and the intermediateposts 4: and are drilled similarly to the latter post to receive thefence-wires at their spread portions or interstices.

The top and bottom wires 6 and 7 of the fence extend longitudinally andhorizontally through the top and bottom holes of the intermediatepickets and supporting-posts 4, and are firmly secured at their ends tothe clip-securing bolts 3, by which they are held taut.

The intermediate wires 8 extend longitudinally in parallel series offive, more or less, according to the depth or height of the fence, andare each crossed intermediate between the posts or pickets 5, throughwhich they pass, and held apart at their separated portions orinterstices.

I do not confine myself particularly to this form of perforated picketor post for the purpose hereinbefore described, and illustrated in Fig.2, as a button 9, (illustrated in Fig. 3,) may also be employed toaccomplish the same purpose, namely, to permit the free longitudinalexpansion of each of the wires independently of each other withoutdistorting or causing the posts to be forced out of alinement or theirvertical positions.

Having thus fully described this my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, and desire to cover by Letters Patent of the United Statestherefor, is-

In a fence, the combination, with the posts 5, of the buttons 9,extending outward from said posts the width of two wires, and wires 8,each extending in a Zigzag direction and supported alternately on theupper side of a button on one post and then on the lower side of a lowerbutton on the next post, and so on, each button having a wire restingagainst its upper and against its lower sides, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CALVIN F. DARNELL.

"Witnesses:

THOMPSON R. BELL, FRANCIS M. SPRINGER.

